N’Jie , a former player at Olympique Marseille, Olympique Lyon or Tottenham, managed to score only one goal for Rapid in his first 7 matches, although Marius Șumudică started him on every occasion in the Superliga. The Cameroonian was injured in the last game, 0-2 against Sepsi.
Ovidiu Herea: “I think Boupendza and N’Jie came a little ahead of themselves”
Boupendza managed to score 3 goals in 9 matches, two of them in the Romanian Cup and one in the Super League, from the penalty spot. Expectations are high for the Gabonese, given the description given by Marius Șumudică at the time of the transfer: “The best striker in Romania at the moment” .
Ovidiu Herea, former Rapid striker, tried to find the reasons behind the poor performances of N’Jie and Boupendza.
“We all expected everything and everything else from N’Jie and Boupendza. After the statements made by Marius Șumudică before their arrival, we all expected to see some footballers who would decide the matches on their own, which did not happen in these matches they played.”
“I don’t know exactly what happened to them, but I think they came in a bit with their noses up. They also had to make these transfers because at that time they didn’t have attacking players who could make a difference. If you look at their CVs, they are footballers who have something behind them,” said Ovidiu Herea, at Prima Sport.
Marius Şumudića, nervous after Sepsi – Rapid 2-0
Marius Șumudică was disappointed with his team’s performance, but he also blamed the defeat in Sfântu Gheorghe on bad luck. Rapid had four shots on goal against Sepsi, but the ball didn’t want to enter the net.
Rapid’s coach also spoke about the two foreigners he brought to Rapid. N’Jie was injured in the match against Sepsi, while Boupendza made a serious mistake on the first goal of the team from Covasna. However, Şumudića says that the Gabonese striker is not the only one to blame for Sepsi’s success: ” N’Jie wanted to play, he was injured, I pulled him to play, he got injured again, that’s it. What more can I do? I have no way of controlling the fate of the footballer and the medical staff. It’s true, when he lost the ball, we lost it on a counterattack 80 meters from the goal. It’s his mistake, but when you lose the ball 80 meters from the goal, you have to stop the attack .”
Asked about possible transfers during the winter period, Marius Șumudică confessed that he had not discussed anything with the club’s management: ” We have not discussed anything and I do not know of any transfers. I am not talking at the moment, because I do not know what will happen. We will see .”
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